Earth. A magnificent planet, and one of the few that can hold life. So why is human society beating it to death? Earth has limited natural resources, from oil to water. Greed has given us a faster way to lower our natural resources. The recent disaster, the Oil Spill from BP, shows that people want to get a hold of oil no matter what it takes. The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is losing the limited oil we do have, but also ruining the water and ruining places near the spill..
The oil spill is spewing more than 35,000 barrels a day. Oil is used every day, powering up airplanes and cars. BP's explosion and leak of oil is making this valuable resource run out. While they might attempt to clean it up, it has killed workers in the actual explosion, and also continued spreading. They brag about how much oil they are cleaning up, but it might be the case that more is actually leaking. Nevertheless, it is good that there are many attempts to clean up the oil spill.
Cleaning up the oil spill is a major priority. The animals (and their environment) are being effected by this spill. Many animals have died because of the spill, and more are at risk. Not only have the animals been affected, but the water has been contaminated. Reaching the loop current may impact wildlife, even if it does not reach the beaches. The cumulative damage is not known because clean up is still going on.
The spill has badly effected locations near were the spill took place. Children can be seen playing in the oil that has already collected on the beaches. Tourism has dropped drastically, and the fisheries are in danger of going out of business. It is also effecting businesses like hotels and real estate agencies. This oil spill might spike prices for certain seafood.
As a consumer, having price increases on anything makes us complain. It will not only effect the economy of certain locations, but seafood prices everywhere might increase. Oil prices might also, but something it definitely effects is the environment for the fish. Earth is a commodity that we must protect for it has given us our shelter, places to grow food, and much more. We must take more action to make sure another oil spill this bad will not occur in history ever again. That action might be to stop offshore drilling and use oil from the Middle East until we find an alternative method to power our oil-run objects.
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